Here you can find instructions for installing Jenkins on Kubernetes running on Microsoft Azure. The main advantage of deployment Jenkins on Kubernetes is the automatic scaling of agents.
How to do it?
First of all, you’ll need an account at portal.azure.com. Microsoft provides credit for new registration. If you have MSDN subscription you’ll get some credit which is available at portal my.visualstudio.com.
Software prerequisites:
- Install Docker Desktop (not Desktop Enterprise). The installation also contains kubectl command from Kubernetes.
- Install Helm.
- Install Azure CLI.
Create Kubernetes infrastructure.
Retrieve credentials for working with Kubernetes cluster on Azure.
Switch to newly created Kubernetes.
Install Jenkins on Kubernetes by Helm.
Retrieve password for admin user to login to Kubernetes.
Create a tunnel from your computer to Kubernetes cluster. It will allow you to access port 8080 on localhost and the request will be forwarded to Jenkins on Kubernetes. With this command you do not need to install Ingress controller, so the setup is a little bit more secure than exposing Jenkins to internet.
Go to web browser and type URL http://localhost:8080
Login is admin and password was retrieved by the command above.
If you’d like to remove Jenkins installation just type: